Monday, December 31, 2012

Quilt Labels and Snowflakes

I hope all of y'all had a blessed Christmas! I know we did although this is the first year our Marine was not home. :( I guess kids grow up and that is what they are supposed to do, but this Mama sure does miss them when they do.

He actually worked on Christmas Day. Another Marine was slated to work, but he had a family and our boy took his shift so that he could be with his family. Made me cry that he made a choice like that. So proud of you, Son.

Our girl was home for a week, which is never long enough. She worked hard this semester and I'm telling you, we are 'pop our buttons' proud of how she is living her life. She has earned this break, although she is working full time while school is out.

We had a houseful again. My BIL and his 3 kids drove through and stayed for dinner. Leftovers were on the menu. After all, it was the day after Christmas and we had enough leftovers to last us until Easter. The marshmallow shooters were a big hit.

There hasn't been much sewing going on around here, but I did manage to make some snowflakes this weekend to send to Connecticut:

Good gravy these take a lot of thread, and they take a long time to stitch out, but look how pretty they are!

I also made some simple thank you notes:

Making snowflakes may be the only snow we'll get around here. DH came in and laughed when he saw me working on both of these projects simultaneously. He asked me if I was trying to make it snow. Yes, please.

And here are a couple of quilt labels I made using the Digitizer Jr. program I received as an early Christmas gift:

This is the first one I made - it's for our boy's quilt:

Then I made this one for our girl's Dirt Road Gypsy Quilt:

I wish I had thought to add a Scripture to the label on our boy's quilt, but the idea came to me after I had sent his off to him.

Then my machine stitched this one for a dear friend's grandchild's quilt:

This embroidering is going to take some time to figure out. 83 minutes and 53 colors?!

I ended up stitching it twice because for some reason it stitched the little monkey three times and it was too thick, causing my thread to break numerous times. Lots of time and thread wasted, but once I figured out to start the stitching 2/3 of the way through, it worked beautifully.

Now I see that I forgot to add my name to it. Sigh.

Another sweet friend had her first grandchild on Christmas Eve so a baby quilt will be the first order of business this next weekend and I'm already planning out the label. :)

10 comments:

I'm so glad I've "blog met" you through "sew" many mutual blogger friends. I'm enjoying your blog. I was away from blogging for just over a year and am back full swing - getting "caught up" (if that's possible, LOL)'''

Love the snowflakes. I enjoy making lace ALOT !! Here is a lace wearable I made for DD for Christmas:http://sewcindy.blogspot.com/2012/12/lace-vest.html

Our SIL was a Marine (not in now), and so I truly enjoy any and all "Marine" posts you share. Thank you to your son for his service.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the snowflakes!! They are just beautiful!! Did it snow? LOL we only got a few drops - so sad. We are pretty windy this morning - Mike's granddad always said "It won't rain until the wind stops blowing and the wind won't stop blowing until it rains" so here we are, trusting God and His perfect timing!!

Where did you get the program for making your own designs for the embroidery machine? I just got a Brother pe770 and want to make my own quilt labels and patches for my husband's tennis team. There are so many choices out there, I can't pick one program. Your work is just beautiful!

About Me

Living life at the end of the dirt road is a joy and the blessings are many. My husband and I have been married for 30 years and we have two great kids ~ our son is 26, serving our country as a Marine, and our daughter is 23, working on her Ruminant Nutrition graduate degree..So proud of both of them! The good Lord has blessed us with an amazing life! We ranch on 128,000 acres and there is never a dull moment. I am chief cook, bottle washer, gate opener, and retired homeschool Mama. I love the Lord, photography, gardening, quilting,tending to cattle & horses and helping DH in any capacity I can, as well as feeding everyone that wonders down the dirt road.
So welcome to life at the end of the dirt road ~ I hope you enjoy the visit!